It Really Is Really Simple: An Introduction to RSS in Eduation



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Read the It Really Is Really Simple article on the Infinite Thinking Machine blog.

How do you find these things?

How do you know all that?

The News Comes To Me


RSS Has Changed My Life!

Or

How To Process Much More in a Day Than Ever Before Possible.


Real Simple Syndication

Subscription is free!
Subscribe to the updates that are relevant to you!
Stop browsing the web!
Quickly skim updates:
River of news
Three panels

What can you subscribe to?

News Feeds
Blogs
Podcasts
Wikis
Social Bookmarking
Picture Sharing
And More...

Podcasts

Podcasts are blogs with audio or video.
Podcasts are like Internet radio shows or TV shows.
Podcasts are consumed on demand.
RSS Feeds!
Free podcasts for all - http://www.podomatic.com

Educational Podcasts

Lectures & lessons
Just-in-time learning
School News
Classroom News
Final Projects
Presentations
Performances
Foreign Languages
Music
Find more educational podcasts - http://www.epnweb.org

Other Services

FURL.net or del.icio.us - Annotate, save, and share bookmarks online!
Flickr.com - Upload, tag, and share images online!
Search Feeds - Notifications from Google, Technorati, and More!
  • Web Search: Run a search at MSN search. Add &format=RSS to the end of the search URL. Cut and paste this URL into your feed reader. You now have a feed for that search!
  • News Search: See the instructions for Custom News Feeds at Google News
  • Technorati: Run a search at Technorati, a blog search engine. Then click on the orange subscribe link near the upper right (above the search results).
And many many more...

What Magic Is This?


RSS Feeds

HTML
RSS
Enclosures

RSS Readers

Web-based:
Applications:

River of News


Preview Panels


Using RSS

Find a favorite frequently updated site.
Does this site have a feed?
Copy the feed URL
Open Your Reader
Paste in the URL
Or… one-click?

Once Click Subscription


Live RSS Demo

With Google Reader

Reflection

How might you use RSS in your work?
What might your first step be?




logocolor150.jpgThis wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by:
Mark Wagner, Ph.D.
President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation